Tottenham: Kane (20’, 56’), Alli (90’+2)
Everton: Lukaku (81’), E Valencia (90’+3)
Harry Kane extended his hot streak with a blistering double as Tottenham Hotspur beat Everton 3-2 to close the gap on leaders Chelsea to seven points.
Kane opened the scoring with a thunderous first-half strike at White Hart Lane and netted again after the break to take his goal tally to 24 in 28 games this season.
Everton forward Romelu Lukaku, Kane’s closest rival in the race to finish as Premier League top scorer, got one back before Dele Alli struck for Spurs in the closing moments.
There was still time for Enner Valencia to score Everton’s second, but Tottenham held on for a third victory in their last four league games.Kane’s prolific form puts a little more pressure on runaway leaders Chelsea, who must win at West Ham on Monday to restore their 10-point advantage.
Everton brought the best record in the division during the calendar year but they were swatted aside by a combination of Harry Kane’s ruthlessness in front of goal and Tottenham’s overall physicality.
Everton rallied late on and Romelu Lukaku snatched a goal that hinted at a comeback. But Dele Alli’s wonderful finish in stoppage time disabused them of that notion and the substitute Enner Valencia’s even later strike counted for nothing.
Kane had entered the game with three hat-tricks since the turn of the year and he might have had another one here. As it was, he scored twice and yet again, it was he who made the difference. The 23-year-old now has 20 goals in the league and 25 across all competitions.
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